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Released
  
1986

Length
  
39:28

Release date
  
1986

Genre
  
Pop rock

Recorded
  
1985

Artist
  
Neil Diamond

Label
  
Columbia Records

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Headed for the Future(1986)
  
Hot August Night II(1987)

Producers
  
Neil Diamond, David Foster, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Maurice White, Greg Phillinganes, Stevie Wonder

Similar
  
Neil Diamond albums, Pop rock albums

Headed for the Future is the seventeenth studio album released by Neil Diamond in 1986. The album went to number 20 on the Billboard 200 and also heralded a return to the pop charts, when the uptempo, keyboard-heavy title track, "Headed for the Future" reached #53 (also cracking the top 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart). Another single, "The Story of My Life" narrowly missed the top ten on the adult contemporary charts and has since become one of Neil Diamond's best-known and well-respected songs. Headed for the Future has been certified gold in the US by the RIAA.

Contents

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Musicians

  • Neil Diamond - main performer on all tracks

    • "Headed for the Future"

  • Alan Lindgren - synthesizer, piano
  • Tom Hensley - piano, synthesizer
  • Richard Bennett - guitar
  • Doug Rhone - guitar
  • Hadley Hockensmith - guitar
  • Reinie Press - bass
  • King Errisson - percussion, congas
  • Vince Charles - percussion, steel drums
  • Ron Tutt - drums
  • Linda Press - backing vocals

    • (These musicians were at the time all members of Neil Diamond's official backing band, known as "Diamondville",)

  • Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
  • Greg Phillinganes - synthesizer
  • Neil Stubenhaus - bass

    • "The Man You Need"

  • Michael Landau - guitar
  • David Foster - keyboards
  • Reverend David Boruff - keyboard programming, saxophone
  • Gregory Tristan Imboden - drum overdubs
  • Bill Champlin - backing vocals

    • "I'll See You on the Radio (Laura)"

  • Randy Kerber - keyboards
  • Dann Huff - guitar
  • Neil Stubenhaus - bass
  • Carlos Vega - drums
  • Paulinho da Costa - percussion
  • Reverend David Boruff - saxophone
  • Burt Bacharach - synthesizer
  • Todd Cochran - Emulator programming
  • Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill - backing vocals

    • "Stand Up for Love"

  • Greg Phillinganes - keyboards, synthesizer, backing vocals
  • Bo Tomlyn - keyboards, synthesizer
  • Steve Lukather - guitar
  • Nathan East - bass
  • John "J.R." Robinson - drums
  • Maurice White - backing vocals
  • Marva Barnes - backing vocals

    • "It Should Have Been Me"

  • David Foster - keyboards
  • Michael Landau - guitar
  • Dann Huff - guitar
  • Jason Scheff - bass, backing vocals
  • Reverend David Boruff - keyboard programming
  • Gregory Tristan Imboden - drum overdubs
  • Bill Champlin - backing vocals

    • "Lost in Hollywood"

  • Stevie Wonder - drums, piano, synthesizers, backing vocals
  • Herbie Hancock - synthesizer solo
  • Bob Bralove and Robert A. Arbittier - synthesizer programming
  • Dwayne Roberson, Vincent Unto, Phillip Williams - backing vocals

    • "The Story of My Life"

  • Lists the same musicians here as were listed for the "Headed for the Future" track; obviously, not all of those musicians performed on this track as well. It is possible that Diamond himself might have performed some of the instrumentation (such as piano and/or acoustic guitar) uncredited.

    • "Angel"

  • Bobby Caldwell - Guitar, backing Vocals
  • Dann Huff - additional guitar
  • Greg Phillinganes - keyboards, synthesizers
  • Bo Tomlyn - keyboards, synthesizers
  • Neil Stubenhaus - bass
  • John "J.R." Robinson - drums
  • Nyle Steiner - additional synthesizer
  • Paulinho da Costa - percussion
  • Maurice White - backing Vocals

    • "Me Beside You"

  • Randy Kerber - keyboards
  • Dann Huff - guitar
  • Neil Stubenhaus - bass
  • Carlos Vega - drums
  • Paulinho da Costa - percussion
  • David Foster - synthesizer
  • Burt Bacharach - synthesizer
  • Julia Tillman Waters, Maxine Willard Waters, Stephanie Spruill, David Lasley - backing vocals

    • "Love Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

  • Bobby Caldwell - guitar
  • Dann Huff - additional guitar
  • Greg Phillinganes - keyboards, synthesizers
  • Bo Tomlyn - keyboards, synthesizers
  • Neil Stubenhaus - bass
  • John "J.R." Robinson - drums
  • Paulinho da Costa - percussion
  • Clare Fischer - string arrangements

    • Production

  • Robert A. Arbittier - programming
  • Reverend Dave Boruff - programming
  • Bob Bralove - programming

    • Songs

    1Headed for the Future4:07
    2The Man You Need4:05
    3I'll See You on the Radio (Laura)3:50

    References

    Headed for the Future Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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